The solution which creates the problem

Starting to be able to articulate what makes this whole process so fascinating ... it’s partly the continual problem solving ... one solved means another created ... an ex-engineer’s dream! been struggling with how to tie the lives of alike and Mary together after the fortuitous meeting ... well it turns out that Alice – like her model Alice Munro – decides to get public input for one of her stories and raise money for charity in the process. voila the XYZ charity fundraiser at which Alice unfortunately cannot be present – something about a meeting with her publisher in New York – but for which she has made a little tape announcement hinting at her literary conundrum and thanking the audience profusely for their generous participation.